Sunday, May 22, 2011 | 7:04 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:15 a.m. CDT, Monday, May 23, 2011
JOPLIN — Authorities say a tornado has hit a Joplin hospital and caused the roofs of two city fire stations to collapse.
Jasper County Emergency Management Director Keith Stammer says a tornado hit the St. John's Regional Medical Center on the city's south side. He said there are multiple reports of injuries from the twister that struck around 6 p.m. Sunday.
There also were broadcast reports of damaged businesses and vehicles overturned on highway entrances elsewhere around or near the city.
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